Sakshi Maharaj: People who don’t listen to a sanyasi ‘get his sins’

Contacted by The Indian Express, Sakshi Maharaj denied that he made the comments. "I have not said anything like this. I have also heard from somewhere. I don't know what is being shown on TV. I am busy with the election," he said.

Sakshi Maharaj is contesting from Unnao once again and had won the seat in 2014 for the BJP.

Sitting BJP MP from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj, who is contesting again from the seat, on Friday stoked a row after he said at a public meeting in Unnao that people who do not listen to a sanyasi “get his sins”.

Contacted by The Indian Express, Maharaj denied that he made the comments. “Aisa kuch maine nahi bola. Maine kahin aur se bhi suna, pata nahi TV pe kya aa raha hai. Main apne chunaav mein laga hun. Aisa kuch maine nahi bola (I have not said anything like this. I have also heard from somewhere. I don’t know what is being shown on TV. I am busy with the election.),” he said on Friday evening over the phone.

Maharaj is contesting from Unnao once again and had won the seat in 2014 for the BJP. Unnao goes to polls on April 29 in the fourth phase.